Navigation		Femap Reviews Create Elements Between Coincident Nodes in Femap - right-click in graphics area to use 'pick query' command, set spring/damper element type to define spring element, set/link co-incident nodes, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Apr 30, 2013 Import Temperature Values from Excel Into Femap - select comma-separated analysis format while importing temperature from 'import results from' dialog, pick CSV file spreadsheet, temperature vector to create load definition, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Apr 30, 2013 Extrude Element Edges in Femap - click multiple button in 'select element faces' dialog, choose elements to be extruded, set tolerance level to pick edges, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Mar 31, 2013 Assign Shortcut Keys to Custom Programs in Femap - select custom program file to assign as shortcut, navigate to program file in 'customize' dialog, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Mar 31, 2013 Save Femap Layouts and Views - go to 'preference dialog' to adjust UI settings, use 'load view' button to retrieve/change to another view in Femap, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Feb 28, 2013 Control Femap Models with Reference Groups - right click on group name, select reference groups in pull-down menu to manipulate, define groups in Femap, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Feb 25, 2013 Surface Meshing Complex Geometry in Femap - You Tube, Feb 19, 2013 Geometry and Mesh Associativity - import CAD, FEA models into Femap, restore associativity, You Tube, Jan 30, 2013 Select Femap Elements by Adjacent Faces - click 'select by faces' in entity selection dialog box, highlight elements, create element group with adjacent faces in Femap, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Dec 30, 2012 Define Equation-Based Loads in Femap - using water tank quarter model, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Sep 30, 2012 Femap Tips & Tricks: Custom Program Shortcut Key - Alastair Robertson, Siemens PLM Software Blog, Sep 11, 2012 Visualize Femap Models With the Clipping Plane - open pull-down menu from view style icon on view toolbar to turn on clipping plane, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Aug 24, 2012 Femap Tips and Tricks: Extrude Element Edge - creating new shell elements from existing shells, YouTube, Aug 8, 2012 Femap Tips and Tricks: Saving Layouts and Views  - YouTube, May 23, 2012 Femap How To: Creating Constraint Equations  - setting up constraint equation that relates nodal degrees of freedom of finite element model, YouTube, May 18, 2012 Use Femap's Meshing Toolbox to Extend and Inspect Meshes - merging surfaces that don't meet up, locating elements failing quality criterion, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, May 10, 2012 Femap Tips and Tricks: Element Selection by Adjacent Face  - control selection of a group of elements having adjacent faces in Femap, YouTube, Mar 29, 2012 View Femap Loads as Contour Plots - verifying correct loading definition in model, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Mar 19, 2011 Femap Tips and Tricks: Loading Contour - verifying loading condition by displaying it as contour in Femap, YouTube, Feb 22, 2012 Femap Tips and Tricks: Equation Based Loading - defining equation based loads in Femap, applying hydrostatic loading to water tank, Siemens PLM, YouTube, Jan 23, 2012 Assign Random Property Colors - assigning individual colors for each property in Femap, Alastair Robertson, Cadalyst, Dec 21, 2011 Femap Tips and Tricks: High-Resolution Image Creation - using preferences views dialog, YouTube, Nov 28, 2011 Femap Tips and Tricks: Element Visual Inspection - locate, visually inspect solid elements using meshing toolbox locator, visualization tools, YouTube, Oct 25, 2011 Femap Tips and Tricks: Non-Manifold Add to Connect Up Geometry - YouTube, Sep 16, 2011 Femap Tips and Tricks: Extend Surfaces to Connect Mesh - meshing toolbox to extend surfaces to connect up finite element mesh, YouTube, Aug 22, 2011 Femap Tips and Tricks: Model Bounding Box - significance of Femap model bounding box, YouTube, July 20, 2011 Femap Tips and Tricks: Color by Property ID - color elements by property ID, randomly assign colors based on properties, Al Robertson, YouTube, June 20, 2011 Femap Tips and Tricks: Results Enveloping - enveloping results from several load cases to produce one combined results plot, Al Robertson, YouTube, May 16, 2011 Femap 10.1 - Multi-Group Display - video, interactive group selection to control visibility of groups, associated contents, You Tube, Jul 13, 2009 Femap Support a Specialty at NEi Software - combination provides significant additional functionality for Nastran users, V10 enhancements supports core simulation, preprocessing, meshing, Desktop Engineering, Feb 18, 2009 Femap 9.1 - FEA pre- and post-processor can be bundled with UGS NX Nastran and is a worthy application, Al Dean, MCAD Online, April 24, 2006 Integrated Finite Element Analysis with Femap Express - Femap Express integrated with Solid Edge helps engineers to solve early design problems, Russell Brook, Cadalyst Manufacturing, November 15, 2005 What's New in UGS Femap? - new version 9.1 gives associative interface with Solid Edge v18, direct CATIA V5 translator, and more, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, October 9, 2005 Femap 9.0 Makes the Right Moves in a New Direction - lots more functionality is available for this FEA pre- and post-processor, but users of previous versions can still use it they way they had previously, Vince Adams, Desktop Engineering, April, 2005 Femap 8.0 - Pre/Post Processor for FEA - review by Al Dean, CADserver, May 2001